To be irrationally annoyed by 'Breggsit'

[MissAlabamaWhitman]

Because it's Brexit and actually there are no G's in the whole entirety of the word?

It doesn't even appear to be a north/south pronunciation issue but entirely random.

What induces people to pronounce it in such a strange way (and get away with it)?

See also 'Eggsit' from whence I suspect it came.

It's awful isn't it?

You can also be rationally annoyed by Breggsit.

And by Brexit too.

"In fact how should you say it? I think I say it in the way you hate
Sec ret ry"

This is how it's pronounced where I come from as well as library is libry - two syllables.

May I also need when people pronounce 'nuclear' as 'noo-killah'. My twatty housemate does this, and it drives me up the wall

*may I also add

Everythingunderthesun, gets rid of the sibilants, so you don't get lots of sssssssssssssss, as Adley said.

Gwenwhyfar good school choir then.

Breg zit WTF?!!!

Prodigy = prodgidy

No no no nooooo!

Med sin instead of medicine

You had me at from whence I suspect it came

YANBU!!! It drives me INSANE!!!!😡😡😡😡

YES. SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED 'NEGOSEEATIONS'!!!

I have found my people.

everythingunderthesun

Nor-ze-ous no 'shhh' sounds is the way I think it should be - I appreciate others used the 'shhhh' but it bugs me!

👏 Fucks me right off. So does "comdom" and "premark" but it turns out there's much more on my 'words that trigger irrational rage' list.

Jux

If you sing in a good choir then you'll have been told to pronounce x as gg, so you would sing "Gloria in eggshellsis Deo"

I always knew my little village school music teacher had high ambitions for us, if any we dared to say 'Exsellsis' we were given detentions

She obviously had high ambitions for us but we were shit

*We= of us

LogicalPsycho

While we're on pronunciations,..... when did reSEARCH become REEEsearch?

I swear 30 odd years ago everyone did reSEARCH, or reSEARCHED mitochondrial dna, or had checked the reSEARCH and found.....

Why are they REsearching now? It sounds like all the reSEARCH has been lost and they have to re-search for it. I picture gangs of bespectacled professors thronging the streets looking for old notes.

With leather elbow patches on their tweedy suits.

Isn't research one of those that changes emphasis depending on which part of speech it's being used as? So: I'm reSEARCHing my REsearch? Like, I comPRESSED the tissue to use it as a COMpress.

I haven't heard one politician or television/radio presenter who can correctly pronounce 'secretary'.

Completely agree OP!! Hate Breggzit!! It has been happening more more on the radio. Its driving me mad too.

I think it's a north/south thing. Don't northerners say Eggzam, Breggzit etc? Here it's Ekzam, Breksit.

So how should Secretary be pronounced?
And why does my phone think it needs a capital

(Correct pronunciation of secretary = sec-rut-tree NOT sec-U-terry or secka-terry)

I'm a northerner and I say exit brexit
Sixth